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Zangdok Palri: The Lotus Light Palace of Guru Rinpoche

March 22, 2015

Zangdok Palri, the Glorious Copper-Colored Mountain, is the manifestation of the celestial paradise of Guru Rinpoche or Padmasambhava, the “Second Buddha”; of TIbetan Buddhism and great tantric master who brought Buddhism from India to Tibet. Atop this mountain lies the majestic Lotus Light Palace, filled with the light of wisdom. True devotees of Guru Rinpoche […]
Foundations of Dharmakirti’s Philosophy (Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism)

March 22, 2015

Throughout the history of Buddhism, few philosophers have attained the stature of Dharmakirti, the “Lord of Reason” who has influenced virtually every systematic Buddhist thinker since his time. Dharmakirti’s renowned works, written in India during the philosophically rich seventh century, argue that the true test of knowledge is its efficacy, and likewise that only the […]
Freedom In Bondage

March 22, 2015

Adeu Rinpoche’s story is not about the horrors he endured under the Communist takeover of Tibet–he himself notes that many other people underwent much worse hardships, not to mention all those that died–but rather the way in which he told his tale. While describing what happened to him and many others, how he survived and […]
The Secret Art of Seamm Jasani: 58 Movements for Eternal Youth from Ancient Tibet

March 22, 2015

More than 10,000 years ago in the ancient Himalayan Mountains, an ancestral civilization committed itself to the study and development of the Science and Art for Eternal Youth. A form kept in close secrecy for millennia is now revealed for the first time in this practical and dynamic guidebook. The teachings focus on cultivating the […]
The Dalai Lama: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies)

March 22, 2015

The Dalai Lama is both the living conscience of the Tibetan people and an internationally respected human rights symbol. His high-profile appearances and books have fueled the surging popularity of Buddhism in the United States and throughout the West. This new, up-to-date biography provides insight into the curious and winning personality of the Dalai Lama […]
On the Cultural Revolution in Tibet: The Nyemo Incident of 1969

March 22, 2015

Among the conflicts to break out during the Cultural Revolution in Tibet, the most famous took place in the summer of 1969 in Nyemo, a county to the south and west of Lhasa. In this incident, hundreds of villagers formed a mob led by a young nun who was said to be possessed by a […]
Scripture, Logic, Language: Essays on Dharmakirti and his Tibetan Successors (Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism) (Volume I)

March 22, 2015

Dharmakirti, an Indian Buddhist philosopher of the seventh century, explored the nature, limits, and justifications of rationality within the context of Buddhist religious and metaphysical concerns. While Dharmakirti is widely recognized for his crucial innovations in Indian logic and semantic theory, his notoriously difficult thought nonetheless remains poorly understood. In this volume, one of the […]
Mission to Tibet: The Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Account of Father Ippolito Desideri S. J.

March 22, 2015

Mission to Tibet recounts the fascinating eighteenth-century journey of the Jesuit priest ippolito Desideri (1684 – 1733) to the Tibetan plateau. The italian missionary was most notably the first european to learn about Buddhism directly with Tibetan schol ars and monks – and from a profound study of its primary texts. while there, Desideri was […]
Emptiness: The Foundation of Buddhist Thought, Volume 5

March 22, 2015

In Emptiness, the fifth volume in The Foundation of Buddhist Thought series, Geshe Tashi Tsering provides readers with an incredibly welcoming presentation of the central philosophical teaching of Mahayana Buddhism. Emptiness does not imply a nihilistic worldview, but rather the idea that a permanent entity does not exist in any single phenomenon or being. Everything […]
Momentary Buddhahood: Mindfulness and the Vajrayana Path

March 22, 2015

We think of enlightenment as something that happens all at once, like a tidal wave that cleans away everything impure. In truth, however, realization happens incrementally, from moment to moment. And in any moment when true wisdom is recognized, all concepts and afflictions are freed right on the spot and we can affirm for ourselves […]

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